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Chapter 138 The Truth II

After listening to Zhou Maocai's explanation, Wang Weidong left immediately without turning around. He smiled and said to Zhou Maocai: "You are over 50 years old, I'll call you Uncle Zhou, can the two of us go out and find a restaurant? I invite you to sit down." Talk slowly?"

The two came to a restaurant in the mine. At noon, there were many people eating in the restaurant, almost all of them were the captain of the coal mine and people from the department.

Seeing Zhou Maocai bringing a young man in, many people who knew Zhou Maocai greeted Zhou Maocai one after another.

Wang Weidong found an empty table in the corner and sat down for two.

There is a small blackboard on the wall with menus and prices written in chalk. Wang Weidong pointed to the small blackboard and said, "Uncle Zhou, order casually, don't be polite to me!"

Zhou Maocai is a thin-skinned person. He ordered four hot and cold dishes, nothing more than eggs, fried bean sprouts and other dishes. Wang Weidong added a small chicken stewed mushroom and pork belly cabbage frozen tofu soup.

While waiting for the food to be served, Wang Weidong first introduced himself, briefly telling what he had done from being an educated youth to now.

Then Wang Weidong asked Zhou Maocai: "Uncle Zhou, which school did you graduate from?"

"Fushun Coal School" Zhou Maocai replied.

The Fushun Coal School can be traced back to the Coal School established in Fushun during the period when the riben people ruled the Northeast. Not many people outside the coal system know about this school, but many old coal people know it, because this school has trained the first Generation of Chinese coal technicians, these people are distributed in coal mines all over China.

"Were you still a technician when you retired?" Wang Weidong asked in a low voice.

Zhou Maocai said with shame on his face, "Yes, I didn't do well."

It is rare for a graduate like Zhou Maocai to work as a technician in a coal mine. It is rare for him to be a technician when he retires. In terms of seniority, it is a small department-level cadre. Normally, he should be at the level of the vice president of the coal mine. It is also normal for the bureau to be the chief engineer or deputy chief engineer.

"How much did Shi Guozheng and the others pay you for a month when they invited you to the Tuanjie Coal Mine?" Wang Weidong continued to ask.

"150 yuan," Zhou Maocai replied.

"Uncle Zhou, if you do me this favor, I won't give you the money, Shi Guozheng Shi Dali, and I will give it to you! Please tell me the actual situation of Tuanjie Coal Mine that you know first." Wang Weidong said.

"The country is also very strict on township coal mines. At the beginning, Shi Guozheng and the others also asked the Mining Bureau to do the mine design, otherwise it would be impossible for them to open the mine. If you go to the coal mine, the two inclined shafts and the exhaust system are very strict. But then they started messing around. In order to collect money as soon as possible, they only cared about the present. They picked coal wherever it was good, and picked it wherever it was good. My salary has a lot to do with this matter," Zhou Maocai said.

"But yesterday I went to the coal mine and saw that the coal mine is still producing coal." Wang Weidong asked puzzled.

"When coal is mined, a certain protective coal pillar is reserved for safety. They are now mining these protective coal pillars. This is something that can only be done at the end of coal mining, but they have only been doing this for the first two years of Tuanjie Coal Mine. It's gone!" Zhou Maocai said angrily.

"Now they are looking for your cooperation to transfer the coal mine to you. Be careful that if you throw a lot of money into it, you will not pay for it. In the end, they may put the responsibility on you!" Zhou Maocai warned.

"So I can't work in this coal mine?" Wang Weidong asked.

Zhou Maocai shook his head.

"Thank you, Uncle Zhou. Since this is the case, I don't need to go back to Tuanjie Village. I didn't bring so much money today. I will come tomorrow. I will give you the wages that Shi Guozheng and the others owe you!" Wang Weidong raised his glass and said.

Zhou Maocai finished his glass of wine and fell silent.The young man in front of him was so angry that he did such a little thing, and Wang Weidong said that he would pay him the wages owed by Tuanjie Coal Mine.

"Actually—in fact, the Tuanjie Coal Mine is not without coal, and now there are nearly 20 tons of geological reserves left." Zhou Maocai said.

He put a pair of chopsticks on the table.

"There is a large fault that traverses the entire mining area from southeast to northwest and is at least hundreds of kilometers long. The fault passes through the Datonggou coal mine and the underground coal seam of the Tuanjie coal mine. There are 20 tons of coal in that triangle area." Zhou Maocai said.

"Since there is still coal underground, Guozheng, why don't they mine it?" Wang Weidong asked puzzled.

"This fault fracture zone is very long, and it is very difficult to cross it. If you just work and pay for it, you will have no money if you don't produce coal. They are unwilling and have no courage to do it." Zhou Maocai replied.

"People like Shi Guozheng just cling to the interests they can see in front of them. Whoever fights with them will fight desperately! But what they can't see, even if you talk nonsense, they won't listen at all. I don't know about this matter. I told Shi Guozheng and Shi Dali that I would draw pictures and explain it to them, but people like them don't believe in technology at all!" Zhou Maocai said angrily.

"What do we need to do to cross the fault?" Wang Weidong asked.

"During the mining process of the Datonggou Coal Mine, the excavation team crossed this fault twice. The broken zone is more than 100 meters long. The mud and water in the broken zone are difficult to deal with. The excavation speed is very slow. The roof and the sides of the roadway are under great pressure. Even the bottom plate bulges upwards, which can be said to be stressed from all sides!" Zhou Maocai said.

"The roadway is more than 100 meters long, and the cost of materials and labor is very high, and it is not like digging a hole in the coal seam to get out coal. This kind of digging only throws money in, and it costs tens of thousands of dollars. Shi Guozheng is short-sighted. It's impossible for a human to do it," Zhou Maocai continued.

Wang Weidong touched his chin and remained silent for a long time. He believed that Zhou Maocai would not lie to him, but he was still not sure.

"Can you show me a blueprint?" Wang Weidong asked.

"The Tuanjie Coal Mine is next to the Datonggou Coal Mine. If you want to see the blueprints, I can find a way, but it will have to wait until tomorrow." Zhou Maocai replied.

"Okay, I'll wait until tomorrow. I'll go to Hedong City to stay after drinking, and I'll come back tomorrow." Wang Weidong said.

"No, there is a guest house in the Datonggou Coal Mine. You stay in the guest house today, and I will go to the guest house to find you tonight." Zhou Maocai said.

"Okay, Uncle Zhou will do as you say!" Wang Weidong said, picking up his wine glass again.

After drinking, Zhou Maocai took Wang Weidong to live in the guest house of Datonggou Coal Mine, and he turned around and went to the production department of the coal mine.

Zhou Maocai came to the room where Wang Weidong lived in the guest house after five o'clock in the evening. After closing the door, he took out a folded drawing and unfolded it on the bed. The light blue drawing was as big as a desk.

Zhou Maocai pointed to the lower corner of the drawing and said to Wang Weidong: "This side of the boundary of the mining area is the mining area of ​​the Tuanjie Coal Mine. Have you seen it? This long line is what I call a fault!"

　Eight thousand today, ten thousand tomorrow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)